is Trans Art Ravage MP scale or CHUG ?

For me at least, he's a new release, a character that I don't have from the TV show and cheaper than buying an alternative by the looks so I'll try and hopefully get one for me.

 

Fair enough. I'm lucky enough to have the TT X-9 Metals Agent Ravage - which is a redo of Transmetal Cheetor, and as this is just a redo of the Kingdom Cat-body (of which I'm not a fan) then I can safely skip it at that price.

Not sure there's anything I want from any of the other Hasbro properties either.....maybe that Zartan if it doesn't blip-out in seconds.

 

MP Scale.

 

I have the silver version of that, very cool car.

Also shipping notification for TEMPOP from Showstore Z

 

My Tran Art £45 from ShowZ

 

Agree whole hearted, that is a rip off even by Hasbro's low standards

Oh god i hope it doesnt, i really want that...I could get the standard one but i want the colour change gimmick and that Snake Eyes head

 

Not entirely convinced by Skids, but kinda liking Bulkhead for not being quite what I expected.

 

This morning I recieved the blu ray of Goodfellas I got for a couple of quid on Music Magpie so that'll be my post football distraction.

I have recently been watching several reviews of gangster movies on YouTube by a former member of one of the New York crime families who somehow managed to walk away from the life without being whacked. Also going to go for obvious classics such as the first 2 Godfather movies, Casino and Donnie Brasco.

Scarface has long been a favourite movie of mine so I already have that....at times I want to go full Tony Montana and introduce the United dressing room to my little friend....she's small, furry and would bite the fuck out of their feet for bad performances...or good ones to be honest  

Official Beast Wars Ravage is £50 = Fuck right off.....I think it looks so poor I wouldn't waste rapidly diminishing shelf space displaying it in either mode and the asking price makes a mockery of the "But 3rd parties are always overpriced" argument.

@Siege Fan,
Tell your pal who collects wrestling figures that the quality of those custom t-shirts I passed on the link to is pretty good.

I got my initial order this morning and have just tried the "Hulk Rules" one on Defining Moments Hogan and it's a decent fit...the full selection is also on ultimatefigureshirts.com and many are 20p cheaper at £3.69 each instead of £3.89 like the ebay site.

 

After a travel nightmare today (it took me three and a half hours to make a journey that usually takes 46 mins) when I finally charged my phone I checked my emails and lo…. A reduced price offer for Trailcutter on EBay so Flatline shall indeed join my fledgling DSD (Decepticon Science Division). Ravage is not worth £49 so that’s finally a Decepticon toy I’ll gladly turn down, because the mark up is way too much so it seems Draculus is my limit.

Skids looks all kinds of meh, it’s like you gave a child a protractor and ruler then got them to draw a car. The design just leaves me cold and hollow, just like the figure…

Bulkhead has a decent look, and the alt modes actually a great update. But I wonder if he is going to be like Inferno and basically be a tall Deluxe rather than an actual Voyager. The Energon fan in me likes the clear weapons though. He’s using a tarpaulin as a shield in one pic though which is a bit weird..

 

I like that Bulkhead. Not at all what I expected but a real original take on a neo-classic character with a very original vehicle mode. Although someone at Hasbro didn't think through giving him a shield which is a folded canvas.

Skids is almost too G1, weird having that hit the market so close to the MP but then... Kingdom exists. I will grab one, but very glad I have the last one for my IDW shelf (although I should have gone comic colours for that shelf over the Takara version).

 

I'm kinda the opposite. Like a lot of post-Animated characters Bulk head had a non-traditional body shape. This new version to me is a bit like "what if we took Animated/Prime Bulkhead and made him look more like everyone else"?

(I just miss the Animated/Prime days when there was a whole variety of body shapes and designs in Transformers. We seem to be stuck in a rut of "everyone is a box!")

 

Legacy Bulkhead reminds me of Bayverse Hound.

Legacy Skids reminds me of Kingdom Ultra Magnus. After less than two years, Earthrise is already getting a homage.

 

Yikes. No, no thank you.

Guess I'll be looking for a PFE or PRID version then...

Skids looks fine I guess. Not sure if I'll bother though

 

I think Bulkhead is ok but have this feeling he lacks size when you see this:



I hope his scale in bot mode isn’t on the diminutive side. I’m sure an upgrade kit will be done to at least increase his height.

Shame they couldn’t adapt the Doubledealer mould as at least that would give more mass/size plus there is a leg extension kit for that figure already out:



Skidz looks acceptable.

 

That's totally fair; for all its faults I still appreciate the experiments with robot mode designs that started with Revenge of the Fallen, so I get what you mean.

 

Skids is a box. But he works.

Bulkhead is a box. He does not work. In fact, he makes me laugh for some reason.

Both easy passes.

Sold out. But he's on aliexpress for the same. I'll get him next year when I've paid other debts.

 

Also had shipping notification for TE Prime. Looking forward to getting him in hand.

I’ve updated my sales thread, but in summary, I’ve added TT MP-39 Sunstreaker to the sales pile. If anyone’s interested, give me a shout, sure I could discount a bit for a U.K. Threadizen  

 

I'll be honest, neither is doing a lot for me from those pics. Skids looks ok at best and it looks like they've fucked his knee articulation (yet again, why do this Hastak?!) By plonking some panel directly behind the knee just like they've done to other WFC Carbots. So far only the Fragile Datsuns and Kingdom Mirage have gotten a full range of leg movement.

This is not ideal.

Bulkhead.....apart from the fact he's more or less a total translation of BayHound, is again ok. Looks functional but not that exciting, and I'd agree with earlier comments that some of the boxiness could have been ditched for a few more curves on this fella.

No doubt in hand I'll have to have them, but I'd like a bit more "excitement" in the upcoming designs I care about. Functional/That'll Do isn't really good enough anymore.

 

Really not digging how boxy these guys look. Not giving me any hope for the Armada figures they will be doing